Citizen station KW0MSPKW0MSP
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/838 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach is 50° and mostly clear at 2 PM. With the wind it feels like 45°. The dew point is 29°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 12 mph, gusting to 29 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 36° by 3 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:27 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:08 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 58 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 PM in Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach, Minnesota.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Twin Cities (MN), 4 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.
Precipitation
0.56 in in the last 24 hours, 1.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station KW0MSPKW0MSP
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/838 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Minnehaha Creek At Hiawatha Ave. In Minneapolis05289800
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.1 mi away/791 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
MinneapolisMSP
At an airfield/1.9 mi away/869 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
MN-110 and I-494 MN-10 Mile Post 5MN090
Beside a road/8.1 mi away/996 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Minneapolis 3.7 SSEMN-HN-749
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/858 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Mississippi River AT MPLS LWR St Anthony FallsLSAM5
At a cooperative observer's station/4.6 mi away/692 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Mississippi River AT MPLS LWR St Anthony Falls (LSAM5), 4.6 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.